Flashlight techniques and recommendations for low light stages
I did my second idpa match yesterday, this one at FAS in Washington state. Nice people, good fun. I was intimidated at first and almost wanted to leave, but stuck it out, learn by doing. They had a low light stage which really intimidated me, that most of my squad decided to do with flashlight. Fortunately several people offered to loan me one.
I made a complete hash of the stage, as my newbie self usually does, but especially the reload, as I tried to figure out, pocket it? Hold on to it? Etc. ....
So, I have questions.
1, I need a flashlight. It seemed like a strap or retention device was a good idea, but idk, maybe that depends on technique, of which I have jack squat. Edit - I see the idpa rules seem to prohibit retention devices.
2, what techniques are worth trying to acquire and learn ? I saw many different ones, or flashes of ones (pun intended) because I couldn’t watch people do the stage as it was in a shoot house.
3, what do you think is a good technique for reloads ? I’m shooting ccp (since i carry a px4cc) so I often have a few reloads.
Thank you for your experiences / insights. If there’s a thread where this was covered I’ll take a link and offer apologies for my poor search technique.